Close to nature and at her whim
Every region has it own kind of bugs. I don’t mind bugs so much, if they don’t sting, but actually, I would to keep all bugs our of and off the boat. One obvious solution are bug screens. Bug screens are not created equal and …
Living is minimized on board, we have less clothes, toys, books. But we need equal amount of food. It’s just that on land, we can produce as much trash as we like. On a boat, we keep our trash until we reach land. Some people …
Isla del Espirito Santo and Isla la Partida No cell service and no wifi in the whole park. If you don’t have a park permit, you can buy it from park rangers in speed boats or on land in La Paz at an office next …
I like Mexico! Lots of dogs in Mexico! Every time we land on a beach where there are people there are dogs. All kinds of dogs, large, small and mostly male. Mostly male is good. They pay me attention and respect. A girl likes that. …
First bay out from La Paz. Left at midday after running the watermaker one more time for two more hours per Bill’s request. Checked out of the port at the marina office with those nice ladies, Cyntia and Martha, got diesel at Costa Baja, looked …
We are addicted to it. Me, Radu, our society, we all love electricity. The majority of sustainable energy effort goes towards replacing energy from fossil fuels with electrical energy. Rarely have I seen a community without it. In Bahía Magdalena rattled and huffed a ginormous …
We had heard of them, people anchoring way too close, and now we’ve met one. Actually, this is the second one, but so obnoxious. that it warrants a rant. We come to this empty bay, nice and wide, large anchoring shelf of 27′. We anchor …
Most of you wonder probably how does one live on a small sailboat with a partner. And then to go cruising and to be together all day, every day. Especially on passages and at anchor the boat is all you have. You can retreat to …
I am not good at saying goodbye. I like staying. I like people. I like hanging out. So why do I choose a lifestyle where I have to say goodbye all the time? Sailors say ‘See you on the Seas’ and indeed that is supposed …
They say sailing and cruising will slow you down. So far we have been racing down Baja to La Paz to get North of the 25° latitude, because our insurance wants us there. We want to be there too because officially hurricane season has started …
Before we left San Diego for Mexico, we provisioned. Bought a lot of food, as if we wouldn’t touch land for another six months. We didn’t know what to expect and wanted to be prepared. We had been eating great fruit and vegetables imported from …
Imagine living in 250 sq feet/ meters with your husband and a dog. Imagine your closet contains 10 T-shirts, 7 shirts, 5 shorts, 5 pairs of shoes, a jewelry box the size of a large shampoo bottle. Most of your clothes are sailing and fleece …
Cabo San Lucas Skip Cabo unless you have tons of $$$, love lots of big hotels, party every day or are under 25. We heard that diesel is super expensive there and that they charge a fee just to tie up to the fuel dock. …
Once we turned the corner at Cabo San Lucas away from the mighty Pacific, which hadn’t been very gentle with us, and were 5 miles into the Sea of Cortez, it got hot. Way hot and humid. Samba started panting and we started sweating. It suddenly …
Now, you gonna ask what that means: Salty girl. I am salty, literally. When we started sailing, I tasted the wind. I liked that taste, it was salty. Sometimes, I get sprayed by the waves a little, when I hang my head out of the …
Only that I can’t take off all my clothes! My humans are trying to make the heat bearable for me. Since San Diego it had been cold and because I want to be with my humans all the time and always want to be in the …
